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What was the last original movie you saw and how did you watch it?

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Shrek on VHS
I will not elaborate

Make good movies.
- Best I can do is safe and unimaginative with lots of marketing and a big cast of overpaid actors past their prime.

Watch "The Wild Robot".
- It was so much better than I thought it was going to be.
- Why?
  
  It's actually good and not some remake.

I saw the TV glow, The Wild Robot, The Substance, Fallen Leaves, Kinds of Kindness.
- How would you rank these movies and TV show?
  
  All of them pretty good in their own style, "I saw the TV glow" is the name of the movie, strange film, used a lot of terror film language but never got there, like it tried to be scary but not really just tension. I like it mainly for how strange it was, in a positive way. (Forgot to mention that I also watched Megapolis, that was also really strange but in a bore way)
  Kinds of Kindness probably my favorite because is the Yargos I was missing in Poor Thighs and The Favorite.
  I'm not into kids animation, so The Wild Robot, is my least favorite of them, but was entertaining.
  Fallen Leaves was a cute film, not a lot of things happening, with a slow rhythm, typical European film festival movie if you're into that.
  The Substance, is fantastic, really reccomend it, even if you don't enjoy body horror, is not that bad that you couldn't watch. I think people are trying to see way over the message of the movie because it just too obvious, and some people need a deeper message.
- Swap out The Wild Robot and Fallen Leaves for Beau is Afraid and We're All Going to the World's Fair and you have my list, nice
  
  Beau is Afraid was really good, but fuck it was stressful. Like "Anxiety: The Movie". I have "We're all going to the world fair" in the downloads folder waiting for being on the mood for it.

I mean, make fun of me if you want, but I saw The Beekeeper in theaters. Maybe not super original but it wasn't explicitly marketed as a remake or rehash or whatever.
No, I didn't have a free ticket or voucher or anything, I paid full price for the ticket.
Yes, I snuck in alcohol (they don't serve).
As a popcorn flick, I enjoyed my 1.5 hours or whatever.
Yes, I paid a stupid amount of money for popcorn, it's a local theater not tied to any mega corps.
- I didn't watch Beekeeper in a theatre it because I didn't know if it was gonna be just a cheap cash grab.
  I watched it via a paid service and enjoyed it very much with my wife in the home theatre I built.

Poor Little Things in the theater
- What did you think of the movie? Did you enjoy your viewing? Was it unique enough?
  
  It's very strange, but pretty good IMO; As long as you're not squeamish or prude it's worth a watch.

the thing is, most people don't. Movie buffs are a minority, the casual viewers flock to what they know, which is exactly why there are only sequels and reboots. It wouldn't be like that if it wasn't making them tons of money.
- False. Star Wars viewing drove off a cliff when their sequels sucked.
  There is a 1-2 sequel movies buffer until the drop off starts when the quality is consistently bad.
  
  the thing is, most people don't. Movie buffs are a minority, the casual viewers flock to what they know, which is exactly why there are only sequels and reboots. It wouldn't be like that if it wasn't making them tons of money.
  False. Star Wars viewing drove off a cliff when their sequels sucked.
  There is a 1-2 sequel movies buffer until the drop off starts when the quality is consistently bad.
  That doesn’t make anything they said false. What you said just means that quality still matters, eventually.

Market it properly. I'll watch. The way they marketed movies like Transformers One, or the utter failure that was The Fall Guy, I can't even fathom why they would choose to market it that way...

The boy and the Heron, in a small local theatre

People also want to see more after season 1 instead of cancelation and some new junk pushed in their face.

We also need to tackle the monopoly on theater screen time that the big studios control.

The Substance. Go see it.
- My wife was on board until the ending.

Nimona. Definitely watched it legally on Netflix.

Banshees of Inishirin.
Story of a friendship going sour and one guy having trouble moving on. Some great acting. A dark comedy. Quite refreshing from the Hollywood schlock that is typically in our local thestre
- This movie sticks with me. Such a brutal, dark, nasty movie, and it made me realize Colin Ferrell had actual acting talent. I'd never seen him in anything before and had this impression that he was just a pretty boy, kinda like McConaughey used to be.
  Like, I completely get why Colm wanted to cut Pádriac off, he was so dull. But he was also so open-hearted, and so I empathized with both characters.
  When Pádraic follows the trail of fingers... you know the scene I mean. I lost it, just fucking bawled my eyes out. That movie pulled no punches. It was amazing but I never want to watch it again.
  
  Yep, the film has you empathize with both sides of their story. I though the actor playing the town simpleton did such a spectacular job too, just the right amount of quirk and lack of focus in his eyes.

Invalid. It's a comedy about a man in a wheelchair who fights local city mafia

The last movie I saw in theaters was Interstellar... just pulled up the release date, and holy shit, it's been a solid decade.
...not really feeling the urge to change that either. All I remember theaters being is a sticky fucking mess where a bag of skittles and a drink will cost you like 5% of your net worth; from there you pack into these disgusting seats, invariably right behind some 6'11" 400lb dude in a fucking cowboy hat and, surrounded on all sides by people who have never heard of the concept of shutting the fuck up for 90 mins...
- That's why you find one that isn't in prime time like an AMC with recliner seats. Usually at the matinee, there is like one of two other people and you and your party get almost the whole theatre. And I sneak in McChickens in my hoodie. Usually have someone with a purse with you. Most theatres around me don't check. Put the drinks and snacks in there from the dollar store. But yes the floors still get sticky, lol. The security only really cares if you've got your phone out or are pointing it like you are filming.
- I have not been in a packed theater since Avengers Endgame. I have been to the theater dozens of times since then. Don't go opening night or maybe even opening weekend. Most ticket sales at my AMC and Regal are prepurchased with assigned seats, so you can see what's open and not blocked. You can move around anyway once inside. And all my local ones rebuilt the floor for a greater slope anyway

I went to a film festival and watched cool indie shit

Fifth Element. With my eyes.
Not the NEWEST original movie I've watched, though. I'm not sure which one that is but I'm confident that I used my eyes for that as well.

His Three Daughters. In the theater. Time and money well spent.

It's unusual, but it was a little-known Russian movie from which I didn't expect much, but in the end I liked it. It was Lord of the Wind (2023). Although I usually don't like modern movies lately. It is about Fyodor Konyukhov is a Russian survivalist, voyager, aerial and marine explorer and his round-the-world balloon flight. Unfortunately, I don't know if it is available in English.

"Original" as in it has original ideas, or "original" as in it's not part of an established franchise? If it's the latter, I saw The Wild Robot in theaters. It was okay. A bit by-the-numbers, and I'm not sure everything made total sense, but it's a kid's movie so that was to be expected.
If the former, then, uh... Problemista? Also in theaters. I really liked that one.

I bought a "mystery ticket" for $5 at a Regal and ended up seeing The Order. Pretty intense at times when you abstract to real life, pretty upsetting at times. Remember to be intolerant of the intolerant.
- Is that the one with heath ledger?
  
  No, this was Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult and it was released this year

Does Wicked Count? If not then that weird piece of shit Nicolas Cage was involved in last year. Really cool concept until it became an out of touch rant about “woke cancel culture” or some shit.
- Oh man, yes. Dream Scenario. It went so very awry when it became clear what it's actually about.

I just saw Flow in theaters last night. Excellent, wholly original animated movie that conveyed a story without any words.

Not the last original, but I caught “Her” with my SO in the cinema on a lark, just to pass the time. And we loved every bit of that film. So original in so many ways.

Watched it again last night, but Legend of Hei. Chinese animated film I have on Blu-ray/DVD through Shout! Factory. Love the Chinese dub because I personally don't like how they use an English translation for a few different characters names. Watched on my Blu-ray player and must say, it's probably my tv, but I cannot really see is big difference between DVD and Blu-ray. Last movie I watched, let alone original movie.
May be based on an animated web series, but I still consider it original.

The last movie I watched in cinema was deadpool & wolverine. Before that was Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
And that's all, I don't watch movies in cinema. Mostly because closest cinema for me is 103km away.
Normally just watch pre 2010 movies.

Do movies getting the Rifftrax treatment count? If so, then Birdemic.

The most recent would be The Greasy Strangler, on Blu-ray. Truly one of a kind, it has been stuck in my mind since.
- Sounds utterly weird, but I'm intrigued
  
  It is very weird and not for everyone, but it is definitely very original. It feels like a feature length Tim and Eric skit.

I quit consuming the Hollywood product almost a decade ago. I watch a lot of small content creators though. I met my wife working at a movie theater, but I've seen a movie in a theater maybe twice in the last ten years. I occasionally watch a show with her but if I'm by myself I don't have any desire to consume their product.

Hundreds of Beavers, on YouTube, with ad block

I watched The Substance via streaming alone on my birthday night because my wife and partner aren't into body horror. I loved it! It was really good. Definitely one of the better movies I've seen this year.

Collateral. What a fucking gem of a movie.

Wolfs, on the appropriate streaming service.
Also watched the Tom Hanks 2021 movie, Finch.

I saw Here at the movie theater.
It was excellent

I try not to sub to streaming services with an ad+sub tier like cable TV which narrows options over the past few years but also helps me avoid some of that stuff.
Criterion collection/channel is usually good for Indies and some lesser known quality films.
And physical media but that's mostly just for stuff I already know I like and would watch multiple times or for the commentary track because of how expensive that can get.
Theaters I'll go to for epic movies in IMAX or sometimes new horror movies or the occasional rifftrax thing they do where they broadcast live from a theater to a bunch of other theaters.

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